Newark

QOD: “I am living proof that education reform hasn’t failed in Newark”

Wydeyah Hay, alumna of KIPP New Jersey's TEAM Academy:While some of the things I’ve read have said that reform has…

9 years ago

Should Newark’s Facebook Money Been Used Solely for Charter School Expansion? New Data Too.

Today at The74, Richard Whitmire addresses the $100 million Newark Facebook grant and whether the money should have all been…

9 years ago

Mayor Ras Baraka Goes to YouTube to Rebut Newark Education Blogger

Eric Dawson, a new blogger at The Newark Report (and host of the internet radio show Real Talk Radio) has…

9 years ago

Trying to Divine Newark Mayor Ras Baraka’s Stance on Charter Schools

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka’s public education agenda is making news this week. NJ Spotlight reports today on the “growing relationship…

9 years ago

Anti-Testing Movement Privileges Rich Students over Poor Students

It’s like New Jersey is two separate countries, at least as I read my local papers yesterday. In the Trenton…

9 years ago

QOD: Newark School Board Member: Low Income Parents Drive Expansion of Charter Schools

Rashon K. Hasan, member of the Newark Board of Education, has a guest column at Education Post that decries the…

9 years ago

QOD: Chris Cerf Unplugged

Peter Cunningham, Executive Director of Education Post, chatted with Newark Superintendent Chris Cerf about efforts to improve public education in…

9 years ago

Newark Dad: Keep the Focus on Children and Charter Outcomes, Not “Political Interests”

A letter to the editor in yesterday's Star-Ledger:As someone who has spent more than a decade working with Newark students…

9 years ago

QOD: Under Chris Cerf’s Leadership, Newark Schools has been “Quiet and Peaceful”

From today's NJ Spotlight's preview of an interview with Mary Alice Williams and Newark Superintendent Chris Cerf.Could this really be…

9 years ago

What do Newark Parents Want?

A rapidly growing number of Newark parents want a voice and they want choice. They want our school and elected…

9 years ago